Balancing Acts

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

Ezekiel 45:10-12

It seems by Ezekiel, there's been distributive justice brought back to the land. Let's say the shekel ought to be fixed firmly at twenty gerahs as a small form of the change. Probably smaller, say, than the penny that'll come after. Then again, all the weights should be firmly fixed in place and not visible to perhaps the slow, inevitable creep with the times. That's because there's those who wish to make profit off these, that of the ever-present human condition. Seems there's not much to do for the issue besides letting the Lord take the lead on it, really. Before we go, here's a figure of all things considered. Regardless, knowing and fixing the points of what it's worth is key to keeping the markets all sort of balanced. That's also how you can fix point the market and so correct it by righting the exchange. From there the price of the goods and distribution around in the people also will follow.

Coin

Today's Sum

Actual Value

Gerah

Currently unavailable except for archeological value

20 of these make for a shekel

Shekel

$0.27 of a dollar

½ tax collection

1/3 upkeep fund for temple

17 for land in captivity

30 for Jesus

20 for meat by weight for daily consumption

Maneh (also spelled mina today)

$0.65 of a dollar

20, 25,15 shekels likely dependent on material

Can also refer to 30 pieces of silver